Wringer.



No. 672,423. Patented Apr. l6, I901. C. P. SEARLES;

W R l N G E R. cation filed Nov. 1899.)

(llo Model.)

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CHARLES PIIILANDER SEARLES, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO.

WRINGER.

EiPEOIFIGATIDN' forming part of Letters Patent No. 672,423, dated April16, 1901.

Application filed November 27, 1899 Serial No. 738,868. (No model.)

To (LZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, CHARLES PHILANDER SEARLES, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Columbus, in the county of Franklin and State ofOhio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in \Vringers;and I do hereby declare the following to bea full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The present invention is a species of and an improvement upon thewringer shown and described in my Letters Patent of the United StatesNo. 615,312, dated December 6, 1898. In my said patent the eccentricsfor effecting the clamping of the legs upon the tub are shown to bejournaled on the shaft of the lower roller. In my present invention Ilocate the eccentrics on the shaft of the upper roller and connect theirrocking arms by means of a tie-bar, that serves also as a handle forcarrying the wrin-ger, thus dispensing with a separate bar for thatpurpose.

My present invention also embraces another feature, which will behereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings, showing an embodiment of my improvements,Figure 1 is a View in end elevation of the wringer as seen when placedon the edge of a tub, but not clamped thereto. Fig. 2 isasimilar viewshowing the wringer clamped to the tub. Fig, 3 is a front view inelevation. Fig. is'a perspective view of the box containing the bearingsfor the rollers, and Fig. 5 is a detail sectional and plan view lookingdown from the horizontal plane indicated by the line 00 m, Fig. 1.

In the present drawings, as in those of my former patent, the end piecesor boxes 1 are provided with a circular bearing 1 and an elongatedbearing 1 for the shafts of the lower and upperrollerse and 4*,respectively. Each end of the shafts of both rollers has secured theretogears 9, adapted at the proper time to mesh with each other. Each end ofthe shaft of the upper roller 4 has placed loosely thereon an eccentricor cam 5, having an arm 5 for rocking the same on the shaft, and on eacheccentric is loosely placed a collar 6, that is fastened to the upperend of a strong curved spring 9 The arms 5 are connected by a tie'bar5", that serves not only as a handle for rocking the eccentrics, butalso as a handle for lifting and carrying the wringer. Journaled looselyon each end of the shaft of the lower roller are downwardlyextendingclamping-legs 6, having horizontally and outwardly extending arms 6,that are provided with openings or bearings to receive studs 8 on theends of an apron, as shown in my former patent referred to. On each ofthese studs 5 is also placed the stationary downwardly-extendingtub-clamping leg 7, having an in wardly-extending shoulder '7 to rest onthe edge of the tub and an outwardly-extending portion 7, to which isbolted the apron and the lowerend of the curved spring 9. The stationarylegs are in the present invention provided with upwardlyextending websor wings 7, that prevent Wabbling or undue outward lateral movement ofthe arms 6 These wings or webs 7" are integral with the stationary legs7 and preferably L-shaped, extending inwardly and upwardly therefrom,they being made to abut against the arms 6 thus preventing undue lateralmovement hitherto experienced in this type of machine.

A handled crank 10 is shown in Fig. 3 to be secured to the prolongedshaft of the lower roller 4.

When the wringeii,isimbeattachedtdfii? tub, the'ti'e-ba'rbr handle 5 israised, as seen in Fig. 1, permitting a suflicient separation of theclamping-legs to permit of their straddling the edge of the tub, andthen by depressing the said tie-har, as seen in Fig. 2, the tub will beclamped firmly between the legs. It will be observed that when theeccentrics are turned up in this operation the lower roller is forceddown under the pressure of the springs and that this pressure iscommunicated to the movable clamping-leg, so that the pressure of thespring not only clamps the legs to the tub, but presses the upper rolleragainst the lower,as in my former patent referred to.

The construction shown is of course susceptible of slight modificationswithout departing from the scope of the invention.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a wringer, the combination with curved of webs or wings 7, eastintegral with the springs, stationary legs secured to the lowerstationary legs 7 and extending inwardly and ends thereof and collars orstraps on the upupwardly therefrom, they being made to abut I5 per endsthereof, upper and lower rollers against the arms 6 thus preventingundue 5 having shafts, movable clamping-legs on the lateral movement.

shaft of the lower roller, said legs having In testimony whereof I affixmy signature horizontally-extending arms 6", and ecoenin presence of twowitnesses.

tries loose on the shaft of the upper roller to 1 T y turn on thecollars on the upper ends of the CHARLES PHILMDDR SLARLDS' 1o curvedsprings whereby the movable elamp- Witnesses:

ing-legs may be moved toward the stationary GEORGE M. FINCKEL,

legs and upper roller toward the lower roller, WILLIAM S. DRESBACK.

